Person:Wallace Estill (8)

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Wallace Estill, M.D.
m. 9 Dec 1788
  1. Agatha Estill1790 - 1865
  2. Wallace Estill, M.D.1793 - 1864
  3. John Stuart Estill1795 -
  4. Dr. William EstillAbt 1797 -
  5. James Henderson EstillAbt 1797 -
  6. Charles EstillAbt 1799 -
  7. Benjamin EstillAbt 1801 -
  8. Sarah EstillAbt 1803 -
  9. Rufus King EstillAbt 1805 -
  10. Lewis EstillAbt 1807 -
  11. Floyd EstillAbt 1809 - 1876
  12. Isaac EstillAbt 1811 -
  • HWallace Estill, M.D.1793 - 1864
  • W.  Eleanor Crabbe (add)
m. Jan 1818
Facts and Events
Name[1] Wallace Estill, M.D.
Gender Male
Birth[8] 12 Feb 1793 Monroe, West Virginia, United StatesIndian Creek
Marriage Jan 1818 Tennessee, United Statesto Eleanor Crabbe (add)
Census[2] 1850 Franklin, Tennessee, United States
Death[8] 9 Nov 1864 Americus, Sumter, Georgia, United States
Burial[8] Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb, Georgia, United States

Working notes

  • CAUTION: some claim his middle name is William, but no proof has been presented to support this other than user-generated genealogies, including DAR applications
  • 1812 - elected Captain of the Revolutionary Volunteers of Franklin County, a quasi-militia unit of volunteer civilians dedicated to defending Franklin County in case of a British attack during The War of 1812
  • 1816 - graduated Philadelphia Medical School
  • 1830 - purchased a large tract of land containing mineral springs which he subdivided into lots for a summer resort, eventually becoming the town of Estill Springs
  • 1838 to 1838 - Tennessee State Senator
  • 1861 - (age 72) enlisted in Confederate Army
  • Civil war - CSA, Field and Staff, 1st Tennessee Infantry (Turney's Regiment)
  • served as a surgeon during Battle of Chickamauga
References
  1. Family Record of John P. Estill of Clarksburg, West Virginia. Furnished by himself., in Estill, J.H. (John Holbrook). A family history. (Savannah, Georgia: J.H. Estill, 1903 (Savannah, Ga. : Savannah Morning News))
    67.

    Isaac Estill ... married Elizabeth Strother Frogge ... Dec. 9th, 1788, and had twelve children— Agatha, Wallace, John Stuart, William, James Henderson, Charles, Benjamin, Sarah, Rufus King, Lewis, Floyd and Isaac...

  2. United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).

    Wallis Estile 55 VA,
    Elanor 50 TN,
    William 17 TN,
    Thomas L. 17 TN,
    Jane 13 TN,
    Margaret 12 TN,
    Terrassa 10 TN

  3.   Tennesseans in the Civil War
    Vol 2.

    Wallace Estill, Surgeon, F&S 1st Turney's

  4.   Genealogies of Kentucky Families from the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
    333-334.
  5.   McBride, Robert M, and Dan M Robison. Biographical directory of the Tennessee general assembly. (Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives and the Tennessee Historical Commission, 1975-)
    1 (1796-1861).

    Wallace W. Estill 1789-1864 s/o Isaac and Elizabeth Strother (Frogg) Estill mar Franklin Co. 08 Jan 1818 Elanor Thomas Crabbe b Fincastle VA dau Ralph Crabbe and had a brother Henry Crabbe who was a Supreme Court Justice of TN; Children: Mary, Henry R., Frank T., Agnes E., Lilely T., William W., Ann, Thomas L., Margaret L., Theresa T.

    He served TN Leg 1835-37 and 1841-43 (pp 245-6)

  6.   General Abstract of Franklin Co TN Will Books 1 & 2.

    Dr. Wallace Estill writte 17 Oct 1864, proved 11 Jul 1865
    names
    unm dau Margaret and Theresa,
    son F.T. Estill,
    son T.L. Estill,
    son in law A.S. Colyar,
    g/s Henry R. Colyar,
    g/d Lily B. Colyar,
    g/s Wallace Estill s/o F.T. Estill,
    g/s H.R. Estill

  7.   .

    Frazier, The Family of John Lewis, Pioneer (1985) pp 84, 90, 99, 100
    avail Fincastle VA pub lib

  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 25599327 , in Find A Grave
    includes photos, last accessed Dec 2022.

    Inscription
    WALLACE ESTILL, M.D.
    BORN
    in Monroe Co. Va.
    Feb. 12, 1793
    DIED
    in Americus, Ga.
    Nov. 9, 1864
    while in service of his country
    He was Brigadier Surgeon of Be?s
    Brigade, also in charge of Braggs
    Hospital.
    Erected by his daughter
    AGNES COLYAR.